Plumpton
Plumpton or Plumpton Wall is a small village and former civil parish, in the parish of Hesket, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the traditional and historic county of Cumberland but now in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cumbria, England
- Also known as: “Plumpton Wall”, “Plumpton, Cumbria”, and “Salkeld Gate”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Voreda Roman Fort and Hutton in the Forest.
Voreda Roman Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Voreda Roman Fort is an archaeological site.
Hutton in the Forest
Photo: Mdbeckwith, CC BY 3.0.
Hutton in the Forest is a Grade I listed country house near the village of Skelton in the historic county of Cumberland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, England. Hutton in the Forest is situated 2½ miles west of Plumpton.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 2½ miles west of Plumpton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calthwaite and Unthank End.
Calthwaite
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calthwaite is a small village in rural Cumbria, England, situated between the small market town of Penrith and the larger city of Carlisle. It is within of the civil parish of Hesket and the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness, but historically part of the traditional county of Cumberland. Calthwaite is situated 2½ miles northwest of Plumpton.
Unthank End
Hamlet
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Unthank End is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. Unthank End is situated 2½ miles southwest of Plumpton.
Unthank
Village
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Unthank is a village in the civil parish of Skelton, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 39 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Unthank is situated 3 miles west of Plumpton.
Plumpton
- Category: locality
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.72732° or 54° 43′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.78181° or 2° 46′ 55″ westElevation
604 feet (184 metres)Open location code
9C6VP6G9+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 30796671OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Plumpton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Plumpton”
- Irish: “Plumpton”
- Persian: “پلامپتون، کامبریا”
- Polish: “Plumpton”
- Swedish: “Plumpton, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Plumpton, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Plumpton”
- “Plumpton”
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